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Correction: Tulsa Race Massacre story • June 3, 2025, 11:25 AM ET (AP)
Texas Tech ends Oklahoma's 4-year run as Women's College World Series champ with walk-off 3-2 win • June 2, 2025, 10:38 PM ET (AP)
Oklahoma State wins its 12th NCAA men’s golf title, beating Virginia 4-1 at La Costa • May 28, 2025, 11:37 PM ET (AP)
Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma • May 22, 2025, 1:37 PM ET (AP)
More severe weather pummels the central US as thousands recover from deadly tornadoes • May 20, 2025, 1:25 AM ET (AP)

Facts

Also Known As Sooner State
Capital Oklahoma City
Population1 (2020) 3,959,353; (2024 est.) 4,095,393
Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican)
Date Of Admission November 16, 1907
U.S. Senators James Lankford (Republican) • Markwayne Mullin (Republican)
State Nickname Sooner State
State Motto "Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things)"
State Bird2 scissor-tailed flycatcher • wild turkey
State Flower3 Oklahoma hybrid rose • American mistletoe • Indian blanket
State Song “Oklahoma!”
Seats In U.S. House Of Representatives 5 (of 435)
Time Zone Central (GMT − 6 hours)
Total Area (Sq Km) 181,037
Total Area (Sq Mi) 69,899
1Excluding military abroad.2The wild turkey is the state gamebird.3The Indian blanket is the state wildflower.

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